Survey: Android Gaining Ground, Fast

A new survey of over 4,000 consumers from ChangeWave shows that Android OS is gaining on its smartphone rivals, fast.

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A new survey of over 4,000 consumers from ChangeWave shows that Android OS is gaining on its smartphone rivals, fast.

Among current survey respondents in December, 42 percent currently own a smartphone. Of those, four percent use Android smartphones, a three percent jump from September.

But here's the real key: almost 13 percent plan to buy a smartphone in the next three months. And of those, a whopping 21 percent prefer Android for their next device, which is 15 points higher than that same September survey.

In terms of satisfaction ratings, 77 percent of iPhone buyers and 72 percent of Android buyers are "very satisfied" with their current cell phones. That compares to 58 percent for Palm's WebOS, 41 percent for BlackBerry OS, and just 25 percent for Windows Mobile.
Originally posted to Gearlog.

Jamie Lendino is the managing editor of ExtremeTech.com, and has written for PCMag.com and the print magazine since 2005. Recently, Jamie ran the consumer electronics and mobile teams at PCMag, and before that, he was the Editor In Chief of Smart Device Central, PCMag's dedicated smartphone site, for its entire three-year run from 2006 to 2009. Prior to PCMag, he was a contributing editor for Laptop and mediabistro.com. His writing has also appeared in the print editions of Popular Science, Electronic Musician, and Sound and...
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